Method of making color golf ball and resulting color golf ball

摘要

A method and golf ball incorporating a surface penetrating color composition comprising a colorant (e.g. dyes, tints, color effects, etc.) in a portion (surface or region) of a golf ball component or coating (substrate). The substrate is formed from a homogenous composition having a color C1 which may comprise any color within the spectrum of visible light, or be clear colorless, and alternatively, may also be opaque, translucent, or clear colored, for example. An outer surface of the substrate is treated with or otherwise exposed to a surface penetrating color composition having a C2 that is different than C1 in some respect such as hue, chroma, saturation and/or opacity. The surface penetrating color composition penetrates the golf ball substrate surface to a target depth and becomes embedded within the surface, thereby forming a surface penetrating color composition-treated component or coating having a treated region and an untreated region.

主权项

1. A method of making a golf ball comprising the steps of:
providing a core comprising a homogenous composition throughout having a color C1, the core further having an outer surface and a geometric center; treating the outer surface with a surface penetrating color composition having a color C2 that is different than C1 and embedding the surface penetrating color composition in the outer surface; forming a treated core having a treated outer surface comprising color C2 and an untreated core region extending radially from the geometric center toward the treated outer surface and having the color C1; and forming a cover about the treated core.